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Little Did We Know What Was Happening Behind Staff Doors at The Beverly Hills Hotel

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June 23, 2011 at 9:00 AM | by | Comment (1)

Well, it's a good thing the Beverly Hills Hotel got this little mess cleaned up before the pending arrival of Prince William and his new bride but still, who knew such scandalous things were happening behind the Staff Only doors at one of the ritziest hotels in town (and a personal fave hotel of ours?)

Alberto del Hoyo, the general manager of this Dorchester Collection hotel, resigned a few weeks ago for reasons supposedly unrelated to a lawsuit filed against him and the hotel that claims he sexually harassed female employees and made derogatory racist remarks.

NBC LA reports:

Del Hoyo’s alleged misconduct was often directed at hostesses of the Polo Lounge, the hotel’s famed watering hole, according to the lawsuit. “He would greet the hostesses in such a way,that he would be able to touch them on the hand and then also be able to touch their breasts,” Rob Hennig, an attorney representing the plaintiffs....

Another witness claims Del Hoyo had special "nicknames" for other nationalities like “frogs” and "froggie" for French colleagues and “Ding Dong" for the British CEO of Dorchester Hotels. Oy. Not cool and not smart either.

However, the lawyer for Del Hoyo, the hotel and another manager has issued a statement to NBC saying, The allegations made by these former employees are wholly without merit and we will vigorously defend this matter on behalf of the defendants."

Surely, this will end in a settlement of some sort as they always do but in the meantime, hotel lawsuit junkies can read the entire filing here.

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Yikes

I'm surprised the royal crew didn't change their minds about the Beverly Hills, considering the comments were allegedly made towards Brits.
insuranceman1 on October 25, 2011 at 2:00 PM #Permalink

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